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Title 50 → Chapter VI → Part 679

TITLE 50—Wildlife and Fisheries

CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (CONTINUED)

PART 679—FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

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Subpart A—GENERAL

§679.1
Purpose and scope.
§679.2
Definitions.
§679.3
Relation to other laws.
§679.4
Permits.
§679.5
Recordkeeping and reporting (R&R).
§679.6
Exempted fisheries.
§679.7
Prohibitions.
§679.8
Facilitation of enforcement.
§679.9
Penalties.
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Subpart B—MANAGEMENT MEASURES

§679.20
General limitations.
§679.21
Prohibited species bycatch management.
§679.22
Closures.
§679.23
Seasons.
§679.24
Gear limitations.
§679.25
Inseason adjustments.
§679.26
Prohibited Species Donation Program.
§679.27
Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Program.
§679.28
Equipment and operational requirements.
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Subpart C—WESTERN ALASKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM

§679.30
[Reserved]
§679.31
CDQ and PSQ reserves, allocations, and transfers.
§679.32
Groundfish and halibut CDQ catch monitoring.
§679.33
CDQ cost recovery.
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Subpart D—INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA MANAGEMENT MEASURES

§679.40
Sablefish and halibut QS.
§679.41
Transfer of quota shares and IFQ.
§679.42
Limitations on use of QS and IFQ.
§679.43
Determinations and appeals.
§679.44
Penalties.
§679.45
IFQ cost recovery program.
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Subpart E—NORTH PACIFIC OBSERVER PROGRAM

§679.50
Applicability.
§679.51
Observer and Electronic Monitoring System requirements for vessels and plants.
§679.52
Observer provider permitting and responsibilities.
§679.53
Observer certification and responsibilities.
§679.54
Release of observer data to the public.
§679.55
Observer fees.
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Subpart F—AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT AND ALEUTIAN ISLAND DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERY MANAGEMENT MEASURES

§679.60
Authority and related regulations.
§679.61
Formation and operation of fishery cooperatives.
§679.62
Inshore sector cooperative allocation program.
§679.63
Catch weighing requirements for vessels and processors.
§679.64
Harvesting sideboard limits in other fisheries.
§679.65
Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management Program Economic Data Report (Chinook salmon EDR program).
§679.66
AFA cost recovery.
§679.67
Aleutian Islands pollock cost recovery.
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Subpart G—ROCKFISH PROGRAM

§679.80
Allocation and transfer of rockfish QS.
§679.81
Rockfish Program annual harvester privileges.
§679.82
Rockfish Program use caps and sideboard limits.
§679.83
Rockfish Program entry level longline fishery.
§679.84
Rockfish Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.
§679.85
Cost recovery.
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Subpart H—AMENDMENT 80 PROGRAM

§679.90
Allocation, use, and transfer of Amendment 80 QS permits.
§679.91
Amendment 80 Program annual harvester privileges.
§679.92
Amendment 80 Program use caps and sideboard limits.
§679.93
Amendment 80 Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.
§679.94
Economic data report (EDR) for the Amendment 80 sector and Gulf of Alaska Trawl Catcher/Processors.
§679.95
Amendment 80 Program cost recovery.
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Subpart I—EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LONGLINE CATCHER/PROCESSOR SUBSECTOR

§679.100
Applicability.
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Subpart J—GULF OF ALASKA TRAWL ECONOMIC DATA

§679.110
Gulf of Alaska Trawl Economic Data Reports (EDRs).
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Subpart K—HALIBUT DECK SORTING

§679.120
Halibut deck sorting.
§679.121
[Reserved]
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Appendix
Appendix A to Part 679—Performance and Technical Requirements for Scales Used To Weigh Catch at Sea in the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska
Appendix
Figure 1 to Part 679—Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Statistical and Reporting Areas
Appendix
Figure 2 to Part 679—BSAI Catcher Vessel Operational Area
Appendix
Figure 3 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Reporting Areas
Appendix
Figure 4 to Part 679—BSAI Herring Savings Areas
Appendix
Figure 5 to Part 679—Kodiak Island Type 1, 2, and 3 Nonpelagic Trawl Closure Status and Marmot Bay Tanner Crab Protection Area
Appendix
Figure 6 to Part 679—Length Overall of Vessel
Appendix
Figure 7 to Part 679—Location of Trawl Gear Test Areas in the GOA and the BSAI
Appendix
Figure 8 to Part 679—Aleutian Islands Chinook Salmon Savings Area
Appendix
Figure 9 to Part 679—Chum Savings Area (CSSA) of the CVOA
Appendix
Figure 10 to Part 679—Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation Zone (PIHCZ) in the Bering Sea
Appendix
Figure 11 to Part 679—Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA)
Appendix
Figure 12 to Part 679—Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area
Appendix
Figure 13 to Part 679—BSAI C. Opilio Tanner Crab Bycatch Limitations Zone
Appendix
Figure 14 to Part 679—Sablefish Regulatory Areas
Appendix
Figure 15 to Part 679—Regulatory Areas for the Pacific Halibut Fishery
Appendix
Figure 16 to Part 679—Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
Appendix
Figure 17 to Part 679—Northern Bering Sea Research Area and Saint Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area (HCA)
Appendix
Figure 18 to Part 679—Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve
Appendix
Figure 19 to Part 679—Shelikof Strait Conservation Area
Appendix
Figure 20 to Part 679—Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA) of the Bering Sea
Appendix
Figure 21 to Part 679—Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
Appendix
Figure 22 to Part 679 [Reserved]
Appendix
Figure 23 to Part 679—Salmon Management Area (see §679.2)
Appendix
Figure 24 to Part 679—Arctic Management Area
Appendix
Figure 25 to Part 679—Elevating Device Clearance Measurement Locations for Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
Appendix
Figure 26 to Part 679—Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
Appendix
Figure 27 to Part 679—Locations for Measuring Maximum Cross Sections of Line Material (shown as A) and Supporting Material (shown as B) for Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
Appendix
Table 1a to Part 679—Delivery Condition* and Product Codes
Appendix
Table 1b to Part 679—Discard and Disposition Codes
Appendix
Table 1c to Part 679—Product Type Codes
Appendix
Table 2a to Part 679—Species Codes: FMP Groundfish
Appendix
Table 2b to Part 679—Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab
Appendix
Table 2c to Part 679—Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish Species (All Species of the Following Families), Grenadier Species, Squids, and Sculpins
Appendix
Table 2d to Part 679—Species Codes: Non-FMP Species
Appendix
Table 3 to Part 679—Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species and Conversion Rates for Pacific Halibut
Appendix
Table 4 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries Restrictions
Appendix
Table 5 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pacific Cod Fisheries Restrictions
Appendix
Table 6 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Atka Mackerel Fisheries Restrictions
Appendix
Table 7 to Part 679—Community Development Quota Groups and Communities Eligible To Participate in the CDQ Program
Appendix
Table 8 to Part 679—Harvest Zone Codes for Use With Vessel Activity Reports
Appendix
Table 9 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for Use in the BSAI Longline Catcher/Processor Subsector, Column A. X Indicates Whether Column B or Column C Applies.
Appendix
Table 10 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages
Appendix
Table 11 to Part 679—BSAI Retainable Percentages
Appendix
Table 12 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, 3nm No Groundfish Fishing Sites
Appendix
Table 13 to Part 679—Transfer Form Summary
Appendix
Table 14a to Part 679—Port of Landing Codes, Alaska
Appendix
Table 14b to Part 679—Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska
Appendix
Table 14c to Part 679—At-sea Operation Type Codes To Be Used as Port Codes for Vessels Matching This Type of Operation
Appendix
Table 15 to Part 679—Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
Appendix
Table 16 to Part 679—Area Codes and Descriptions for Use With State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
Appendix
Table 17 to Part 679—Process Codes for Use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
Appendix
Table 18 to Part 679—Required Buying and Production Forms for use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
Appendix
Table 19 to Part 679—Seabird Avoidance Gear Codes
Appendix
Table 20 to Part 679—Seabird Avoidance Gear Requirements for Vessels, based on Area, Gear, and Vessel Type. (See §679.24(e) for complete seabird avoidance program requirements; see 679.24(e)(1) for applicable fisheries)
Appendix
Table 21 to Part 679—Eligible Communities, Halibut IFQ Regulatory Area Location, Community Governing Body That Recommends the CQE, and the Fishing Programs and Associated Areas Where a CQE Representing an Eligible Community May Be Permitted To Participate
Appendix
Table 22 to Part 679— Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection Areas
Appendix
Table 23 to Part 679—Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Areas
Appendix
Table 24 to Part 679—Except as Noted, Locations in the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area Open to Nonpelagic Trawl Fishing
Appendix
Table 25 to Part 679—Bowers Ridge Habitat Conservation Zone
Appendix
Table 26 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat Protection Areas
Appendix
Table 27 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Slope Habitat Conservation Areas
Appendix
Table 28a to Part 679—Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
Appendix
Table 28b to Part 679—Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
Appendix
Table 28c to Part 679—Allocation of Rockfish Secondary Species
Appendix
Table 28d to Part 679—Allocation of Halibut PSC under the Central GOA Rockfish Program
Appendix
Table 28e to Part 679—Rockfish Entry Level Longline Fishery Allocations
Appendix
Table 29 to Part 679—Initial Rockfish QS Pools
Appendix
Table 30 to Part 679—Rockfish Program Retainable Percentages
Appendix
Table 31 to Part 679— List of Amendment 80 Vessels and LLP Licenses Originally Assigned to an Amendment 80 Vessel
Appendix
Table 32 to Part 679— Amendment 80 Initial QS Pool
Appendix
Table 33 to Part 679— Annual Apportion of Amendment 80 Species ITAC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors (Except Yellowfin Sole)
Appendix
Table 34 to Part 679— Annual Apportionment of BSAI Yellowfin Sole Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
Appendix
Table 35 to Part 679—Apportionment of Crab PSC and Halibut PSC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
Appendix
Table 36 to Part 679— Percentage of Crab and Halibut PSC Limit Assigned to Each Amendment 80 Species
Appendix
Table 37 to Part 679— GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Groundfish for the Amendment 80 Sector
Appendix
Table 38 to Part 679— GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Halibut PSC for the Amendment 80 Sector
Appendix
Table 39 to Part 679— Amendment 80 Vessels That May Be Used to Directed Fish for Flatfish in the GOA
Appendix
Table 40 to Part 679—BSAI Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
Appendix
Table 41 to Part 679—BSAI Crab PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
Appendix
Table 42 to Part 679—Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
Appendix
Table 43 to Part 679—Northern Bering Sea Research Area
Appendix
Table 44 to Part 679—Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
Appendix
Table 45 to Part 679—St. Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area
Appendix
Table 46 to Part 679—St. Matthew Island Habitat Conservation Area
Appendix
Tables 47-48 to Part 679 [Reserved]
Appendix
Table 49 to Part 679—Groundfish Licenses Qualifying for Hook-and-Line Catcher/Processor Endorsement Exemption
Appendix
Table 50 to Part 679 [Reserved]
Appendix
Table 51 to Part 679—Modified Gear Trawl Zone
Appendix
Table 52 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
Appendix
Table 53 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses That Require Qualified Landings Assignment To Be Eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
Appendix
Table 54 to Part 679—BSAI Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Listed AFA Catcher/Processors and Catcher/Processors Designated on Listed AFA Catcher/Processor Permits is Prohibited
Appendix
Table 55 to Part 679—BSAI Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessels is Prohibited
Appendix
Table 56 to Part 679—GOA Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessels is Prohibited
Appendix
Table 57 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses With Bering Sea or Aleutian Islands Area and Catcher/Processor Operation Endorsements Eligible for a BSAI Pacific Cod Trawl Mothership Endorsement

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